- Paperback: 478 pages
- Publisher: St. Martin's Press (May 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0312263260
- ISBN-13: 978-0312263263
- Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 13.7 x 3.6 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,923,934 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
A must-have collection of short science fiction
15 Aug 2000
Format:Paperback
When Dozois introduced the first of these retrospective anthologies a couple of years ago (THE GOOD OLD STUFF), I didn't buy it at first because of what I considered a hefty price tag for a paperback. Still, every year the best anthology of science fiction I buy is inevitably Dozois' Year's Best collection, so I have a great deal of respect for his selections. Finally, I broke down and bought that earlier volume, and I have bought each since (The Good New Stuff, Explorers, and now The Furthest Horizon).
Each of these volumes has been very well-packaged, and filled with some of the best classic science fiction short stories to be found anywhere, but in my opinion this newest volume is definitely the best yet. Granted, this is partly because all of the stories deal with one of my favorite science-fictional premises, the depiction of the extremely distant future. Even with such a seemingly-limited topic, Dozois has managed to assemble a varied and entertaining collection.
The real standout stories are Cordwainer Smith's "Alpha Ralpha Boulevard" , Jack Vance's "Guyal of Sfere" (originally part of The Dying Earth), James Tiptree, Jr.'s "Slow Music", and Ian McDonald's "The Days of Solomon Gursky", but there are also great works by Brian Aldiss, Frederik Pohl, Avram Davidson (a story I had never seen anywhere before), Walter Jon Williams, Robert Reed, Alexander Jablokov, and Poul Anderson.
This volume definitely goes on my permanent bookshelf. I cannot recommend it too highly.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Worth reading; don't get too excited, though
28 Jun 2002
Format:Paperback
Of the 17 stories, I would say most are average. There are a couple of dogs and a few gems. I thought Reed, McDonald, Anderson were excellent. Strong finish, otherwise pretty average, but worth reading.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
A stellar Far, Far Future SF stories collection
16 Aug 2000
Format:Paperback
Gardner Dozois collects a fine assortment of really far future SF stories in one of his best anthologies to date.
The theme of "far far future" is handled in many diverse ways, as the stories themselves were written over almost fifty years.
Jack Vance has an excerpt from his Dying Earth series...and Paul McAuley has a prequel to his "Confluence" novels. In between lie classics like Pohl's satiric Day Million, Silverberg's Nightwings and a story related to Gene Wolfe's Book of the Sun series. And many others, from authors like Michael Moorcock and Poul Anderson.
All in all, this is one of the best SF anthologies I have yet read.
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